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:LinuxInsider: Only in America? Copyright Law Key to Global Free Software Model
LinuxInsider: Only in America? Copyright Law Key to Global Free Software Model
May 18, 2006, 02 :30 UTC (9 Talkback[s]) (5947 reads)

(Other stories by Heather Meeker)

"Open source development has always been an international phenomenon. After all, the killer app of the movement--Linux --was born in Finland, and the quintessential dual licensing business was started in Sweden with mySQL. Companies like Red Flag have stepped up in Asia to take Linux into double-byte territory.

"The very essence of collaborative development is to break free from arbitrary or geographic barriers like the borders of the nation-state. But attempts to internationalize free software licensing--the legal paradigm as opposed to the development model--have been less successful..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
There will be theft everywhere.  Even in ...   Theft vs. taking hostages   
Joe User
May 18, 2006, 06:17:25
 
GPL does not get it's moral authorit ...   GPL is a social construct   
Jastiv
May 18, 2006, 08:52:00
 
The GPL has enabled a lot of clever, inn ...   Hidden Agendas   
Stomfi
May 18, 2006, 12:47:15
 
A less reputable source for an article w ...   You can "trust" LinuxInsider   
Charles Hixson
May 18, 2006, 16:36:05
 
The other commentors on here said most o ...   What an idiotic story   
Grishnakh
May 18, 2006, 21:34:38
 
I'm not sure if you understand that  ...   But that isn't a GPL violation   
TerryH
May 18, 2006, 21:35:37
 
Well, it's already been noted that L ...   Jefferson's lifelong championship of patents -   
TerryH
May 18, 2006, 21:45:13
 
Many people contributing to the same pie ...   Power of Sharing,Power of Freedom   
eeburnout
May 19, 2006, 05:24:46
 
"... in part because intellectual proper ...   So-called Intellectual Property   
blackhole
May 19, 2006, 05:29:04
 
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